Build Something Great 2017

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Last chance to register for AIA Atlanta’s Build Something Great ceremony! The annual event welcomes nearly 200 attendees for a celebration of design excellence, leadership and service to the profession.

A jazz trio will welcome guests into the cocktail reception, featuring an open bar and hors d’oeuvres. Then, you’ll enjoy a three-course dinner and an out-of-this-world presentation by NASA’s Sonia Miller.

Later, AIA Atlanta will reveal the winners of the Honor Awards and the Residential Design Awards. (See this year’s finalists here.)

Parking options

Free self-parking at IKEAGuests may self-park for free at IKEA. AIA Atlanta will provide a complimentary shuttle to and from Summerour Studio. (View location.) The shuttle will run every 10 minutes from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

$15 valet parking at Summerour StudioParking at Summerour Studio is valet-only and is extremely limited. Valet must be reserved in advance or self-parking will be required. Reserve valet by clicking below.

Valet Reservation

Meet Sonia Miller

Born in Holland, Michigan, Sonia Miller is a project and program manager within the Facilities Project Management Branch of the Engineering Directorate at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. She grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, graduating with a Bachelor of Environmental Design in architecture and a Master of Science in civil engineering from North Carolina State University. Sonia began her career with NASA in 2006 as a cooperative education student in the Facilities Engineering Division. In 2015, she detailed to the Launch Services Program, working with the mission managers to perform an organizational risk assessment.

While participating in NASA’s Mid-Level Leader Program during 2016 and 2017, she accepted a detail with NASA Headquarters to develop improvements to the Congressional Justification and support the Business Services Assessment’s goals of creating a more efficient operating model for the agency. Sonia lives with her husband and two children in Cocoa, Florida, and enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, playing soccer and seeking out new microbrews.